PRESSTV — broadcast 20261102 133000 UTC 448 transcript segments Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp) Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:00] into the shadows. Here are the headlines. ABC news, [00:00:04] Australia [00:00:04] of exposes Europe's energy crisis. The price of [00:00:08] Trump and [00:00:09] a Netanyaho's war on Iran. News 24 targets [00:00:13] Palestine flags when media framing over shadows Europe's [00:00:16] economic [00:00:17] rage. [00:00:25] of Across Europe, economic anxiety is spilling into the streets, [00:00:28] but as the headline. focus on unrest, the deeper [00:00:32] forces driving public anger and the political narrative [00:00:36] surrounding it deserve closer scrutiny. [00:00:40] welcome abroad, broadcast media, expert for [00:00:43] analyst. hello and welcome. thank you, so today we're beginning [00:00:47] with ABC News Australia's report, why Europe is grappling with [00:00:51] of wave after wave of protest, so from France to Belgium, Italy to Spain, [00:00:55] demonstrations are upting over lot of living uh issues, costs, public [00:00:59] services, variating living conditions, beneath these domestic grievances, [00:01:03] however lies another major trigger, trump and Netanyahu's [00:01:06] a illegal war against the Islamic Republic, so this has sent shock waves [00:01:10] through global energy markets [00:01:11] of and has compounded Europe's economic crisis. Let's take a [00:01:14] look. France, [00:01:17] Albania, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, [00:01:21] Spain. Viont demonstrations are sweeping [00:01:25] Europe. So why are people protesting and how did we [00:01:28] get here? the French protest kicked off first in late [00:01:32] September around the same time Spaniords also took to the [00:01:36] streets, but let's tackle France first. Students there [00:01:39] in were upset over the state [00:01:41] of their schools, teacher shortages and overcrowded [00:01:44] classes. They've been growing in intensity over the past month, [00:01:48] but on the weekend they turned really ugly. It's a [00:01:52] sign of rage. We are tired, we are tired [00:01:56] of being worried about our future. We fight because uh... [00:02:00] conditions are too harsh because the cost of gas is too high, [00:02:04] we're not being listened to, we we don't have enough money, they moved into [00:02:07] a much bigger movement, anger at the cost of living and [00:02:11] public sector cuts. more than half million people took [00:02:15] to the streets a single day. the bottom line is that [00:02:19] France is broke, it's got one [00:02:21] of the highest budget deficits in the eurozone, and this year it'll [00:02:25] spend more on servicing its debt than on either [00:02:28] education or defense. and debt is high across [00:02:32] the continent. [00:02:33] of protests have since started in Italy, Portugal [00:02:36] of and Belgium, and while they have similar grievances, [00:02:39] they aren't thought to be coordinated, but they do have a common [00:02:43] trigger. the US-Israel war in Iran, and the shock to [00:02:47] global energy prices that unleached. there's increase [00:02:51] eurozone uh inflation to [00:02:53] 3.8%, and energy prices are up [00:02:57] of 19% year-on-year. um... but I think what [00:03:01] turns that Europe wide issue into a protest in [00:03:05] one country or another is more of [00:03:08] domestic compounding [00:03:10] factor. I mean, um, the [00:03:14] report itself identifies the connection, soaring energy prices, [00:03:18] rising inflation, the mounting public frustration at on the other hand, [00:03:21] mounting public frustration at on the other hand, Europeans are now paying [00:03:25] economic price for a war they never voted for and launching [00:03:29] of at the beginning. or even in the first split, exactly, and also the idea is that [00:03:33] domestic problems don't emerge overnight or [00:03:37] of in a vacuum, but an energy shock right, can actually turn any hardship that already exists [00:03:41] into mass mobilization, because it's becomes accumulation, and then [00:03:45] there's a trigger, so the danger is that coverage focuses on the [00:03:48] spect, the spectacle, the image of protest, the aesthetic [00:03:52] of it, while sidelining the real geopolitical decisions that are [00:03:56] making everyday life more expensive, it becomes just about [00:04:00] in whatever people are doing the street and not what's actually behind those [00:04:03] a grievances exactly so our second report from news 24 is titled palestine [00:04:07] flag being flown almost everywhere in the french riots uh [00:04:11] watch how the presenter frames the demonstrations and what she chooses [00:04:14] emphasize let's [00:04:17] take a look well let's turn now to the catastrophic riots sweeping France and more [00:04:21] than half million people took to the [00:04:23] of streets 20 have been arrested and hundreds of [00:04:27] police injured these are not [00:04:29] of peaceful pr. protests, they're marked by violence, chaos, [00:04:33] destruction and hatred. city storefronts have been [00:04:36] smashed, barricades burnt, landmarks [00:04:40] toppled, mean look here at the plus debastill [00:04:43] overrun with protesters and the palestinian flag [00:04:47] flying, and look at this burning building in lion on [00:04:51] of saturday, the city hall in the town of also [00:04:55] satellite and there were car jackings in bordeaux, [00:04:58] this louiston. [00:05:00] a stormed and looted [00:05:02] and the reason as random and arbitrary is the cost of [00:05:06] of living and education and the public servants, but many [00:05:09] activists were also seen waving the palestinian. flag, [00:05:13] there's no clear logical reason, this is pure civil [00:05:17] unrest, and french leadership are failing to contain the [00:05:20] anger, politicians and police appear either powerless [00:05:24] or [00:05:25] gutless. the [00:05:29] presenter describes the unrest as a [00:05:31] catastrophic, at obviously dismisses the demonstrations as [00:05:35] civil disorder and single out palestinian flags, as [00:05:39] though their presence requires no further explanation. from anyone, yeah, the [00:05:43] framing is very telling, it's very expected, the report is acknowledging [00:05:47] grievances over living costs and education and public services, [00:05:51] but it's of course quickly shifting towards condemnation, so the [00:05:55] Palestinian flag here becomes visual symbol that just discredits the [00:05:59] wider movement, rather than an opportunity, they could they could take it as [00:06:03] an opportunity to examine why people may connect Palestine to [00:06:07] their own political struggles, it's just coming from racism and [00:06:10] islamophobia really, we have to distinguish, we [00:06:13] have to distinguish between genuine reporting on violence and property destruction [00:06:17] and from editorial framing that reduces diverse demonstrations to chaos, so showing [00:06:21] a palestinian flag doesn't necessarily, you know, doesn't establish that a [00:06:25] protest is violent, just as documenting violence doesn't erase legitimate [00:06:28] grievances. yeah, and when the economic consequences [00:06:32] of war were barely examined, audiences are left [00:06:36] with images of disorder instead of a fuller explanation of its [00:06:40] causes. that is how selector framing. and distort public understanding [00:06:43] without necessarily inventing um every fact. [00:06:47] thank you for joining, thank [00:06:49] you. [00:06:56] as Trump's war on Iran drives up fuel prices and deepens America's [00:07:00] affordability crisis. half post and business insider [00:07:04] exposes the widening gap between ordinary Americans paying the price of [00:07:08] war and oil and giants cashing in on the chaos. here are the [00:07:11] headlines. half post, Trump's Iran war [00:07:15] sends oil giants profit soaring as Americans pay [00:07:19] more. Business Insider, Iran war [00:07:23] fuels inflation nightmare as Trump faces mounting [00:07:26] mid-term [00:07:27] pressure. [00:07:35] As Trump's war on Iran drives up energy coasts and deepens America's [00:07:38] affordability crisis. Major oil corporation. [00:07:42] are reaping extraordinary profits while ordinary Americans struggle to keep [00:07:46] up. Let's examine the coverage with digital media experts Simament [00:07:50] analyst for welcome both sema. Thank you so much f so actually we're [00:07:54] beginning today with health post and an article by Dave Jamieson's [00:07:58] Dave Jamison. It's called the Trump's disastrous war has been [00:08:02] great for big oil companies. The report actually examines how sooring oil [00:08:05] profits are colliding with rising petrol and diesel prices, leaving working [00:08:09] central message is captured in one striking central. message is captured in [00:08:13] one striking statement, so the article explains president Donald Trump's [00:08:17] war of choice in Iran has driven up crude oil prices and made life more [00:08:20] expensive for working class people across the globe, but it has also ushered in a [00:08:24] period of windfall profits for fossil fuel companies that can [00:08:28] capitalize on higher fuel prices and juicier margins in their [00:08:31] refining businesses. It is just one way that Trump's war is enriching a [00:08:35] select few while making basic necessities less affordable for [00:08:39] everyone else due to inflation, so sounds familiar. "It's a really good [00:08:43] time to be in the oil business and in the refinery business if you're in the United [00:08:47] States," said Severen Borensteen, director the Energy Institute [00:08:51] at UC Berkeley has school of business. So the crisis has [00:08:54] created huge opportunities for the biggest oil companies (Exon [00:08:58] mobile) doubled its profits in the second quarter compared to year earlier [00:09:02] hitting 14.5 billion while Chevron more than quadrupled its [00:09:06] own, reaching 12.1 billion (Exonmobile) said Friday that it expects [00:09:09] higher refining margins to give it a 4.4 5 [00:09:13] billion profit boost when the third quarter earnings are announced [00:09:16] later this month, so and then people are surprised why the war may go on, exactly, [00:09:20] this is the political economy of war and play sight, the public absorbs the inflation, [00:09:24] workers pay much more to commute, to travel, families [00:09:28] sacrifice spending on essentials, energy, giants exploit the very [00:09:32] instability that makes life harder, and the question is who [00:09:36] benefits from this war uh, this war which its costs are [00:09:39] extending far beyond the battlefield, yeah, but also American taxpayers [00:09:43] must also consider the public cost of any military operations, I mean when [00:09:47] enormous resources um are committed to an [00:09:50] unnecessary war, while energy companies enjoy [00:09:54] exceptional gains, as we have seen, who is prioritarizing the [00:09:57] interest of ordinary Americans over those powerful, at [00:10:01] one point powerful corporate beneficiaries? yeah, that's the golden question, [00:10:05] farah, and we have second report actually that comes from business inside of [00:10:09] Juliana, actually that comes from business inside of Juliana Caplan. Jake [00:10:13] Ebstein examined this growing domestic crisis in their article, [00:10:16] which is for Trump ahead the midterms, gas prices [00:10:20] have remained $4 a gallon for more days this year [00:10:24] than... the other year and inflation uh is [00:10:28] eroding the value of workers earnings in as the conflict shows [00:10:32] no sign of cooling off, so the article warns it's recipe for a [00:10:36] challenging mid-term cycle for Trump who faces an affordability [00:10:39] crisis at home that does not going away and a faraway ward that's only [00:10:43] making costs go up and then it continues, diesel prices have hit [00:10:47] record breaking highs in recent weeks, that paints a dreery picture for [00:10:50] Americans struggling with high costs who likely won't feel any relief at [00:10:54] the... pump in the near future, especially as more potential military [00:10:58] action looms. high gas prices are even tamping down [00:11:02] spending among higher income consumers, and soaring costs have led to arise in [00:11:06] hypermilers, drivers who try to optimize and gameify their habits to [00:11:10] get the best value per gallon. well, it's where political consequences have [00:11:14] become unavoidable, rising fuel cost, speed into transport, food [00:11:18] distribution and the wider cost of living in general, foreign war becomes domestic [00:11:21] liability, basically when households feel its consequences. every time they fill [00:11:25] their gas tanks or they buy their groceries or [00:11:29] actually from um record breaking corporate profits [00:11:33] to families struggling at the petrol pump the price of war [00:11:37] is being paid far beyond Iran's [00:11:40] borders thank you seam for art for joining us [00:11:43] thank [00:11:50] you as Saudi Arabia finds itself confronting mounting [00:11:54] military politic. and reputational challenges over its war on [00:11:57] Yemen, social media is exposing the cracks in Riyard's carefully [00:12:01] managed image and highlighting the resilience of nation that [00:12:05] refuses to surrender. Here are the headlines, Saudi Arabia's [00:12:09] Yemen, Quagmier set backs and the kingdom under pressure. [00:12:12] Yemen stands firm, resistance, arms, profit [00:12:16] and western [00:12:17] hypocrisy. [00:12:25] On social media, the war on Yemen is exposing a growing Saudi [00:12:29] dilemma, a military campaign that continues to face [00:12:32] resistance, a battlefield where claims of a [00:12:36] battlefield where claims of territorial gains are being [00:12:40] contested difficult to control. Let's examine the post shaping this [00:12:43] debate with our social media expertsim and [00:12:46] analyst food. Welcome back both. Thanks for [00:12:50] so we're beginning by a post by Ibrahim Najid which is highlighting civilian [00:12:54] casualties in. Stays governor and accusing international media [00:12:57] of of course turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia's [00:13:00] actions. So Brahim posted everyday [00:13:04] Saudi Arabia commits a new massacre in Yemen killing women and children. [00:13:08] Unfortunately Arab, western and European media ignore these [00:13:11] crimes because Saudi Arabia has bought their consciences with [00:13:15] money, so no one speaks about Saudi Arabia's crimes in Yemen. The crime occurred [00:13:19] today in the Maaf district in Thai's governor. So here is a video the [00:13:23] horrific massacre viewer discretion. [00:13:29] طيران العدوان [00:13:30] السعودي. [00:13:56] This is heartbreaking really, I mean accusations raise a [00:13:59] fundamental question, whose suffering receives international attention [00:14:03] and who's suffering disappears behind political [00:14:07] alliances or even financial interests? yeah, and we saw this with with [00:14:10] everything that that is continuing to take place in Palestine, it is the same here [00:14:14] with Saudi interest taking priority, and the second pole shifts our [00:14:18] attention from the humanitarian front to the battlefield itself. Sprinter [00:14:22] press reports videos allegedly showing back troops [00:14:25] surrendering, alongside claims of yemeny advances and repelled counter [00:14:29] offensive supported by Saudi Airpower, so Sprinter Press [00:14:33] writes, more and more videos are emerging showing Saudiback troops surrendering to the [00:14:37] Yemani army. This week, the Yemen Army have taken control of over 1,ous [00:14:41] square kilometers of Yemeni territory, including more than 50 populated [00:14:45] areas (three cities), a counter offensive attempt by forces the [00:14:48] presidential council with active support from Saudi Arabian air force was [00:14:52] also repelled. So here's the video their. [00:15:25] military superiority and air power don't automatically give you the upper [00:15:29] hand or translate into control on the ground and we've seen that in many wars [00:15:33] and uh confrontations particularly when confronting forces capable [00:15:37] of sustaining like unsar allah, exactly, yeah, and that is the [00:15:41] conondrem, Saudi Arabia can escalate its military involvement whenever [00:15:45] it want, but escalation alone at one point cannot guarantee um to the [00:15:49] political outcome, it actually seeks, the longer the conflict [00:15:53] persists, I mean, the harder it becomes to present [00:15:55] military um pressure to resolve any solution [00:15:59] or to submit any solution, especially when like Fuad said, if the Yemenes are able to [00:16:03] sustain something consistently, no matter what it is, even if it's... [00:16:08] this this is not good for Saudi Arabia, actually our third post takes a wider view [00:16:12] now, connecting Saudi's conduct in Yemen with western armed sales and the [00:16:16] contradictions between western security rhetoric and commercial [00:16:19] interests, so Sony writes, Saudi [00:16:23] Arabia has been executing dissidents, jailing journalists and conducting a [00:16:27] war on Yemen that has produced one the worst humanitarian crisis on [00:16:31] earth. Britain, France and America have sold it weapons throughout, not [00:16:34] reluctantly, not with conditions. enthusiastically with trade [00:16:38] delegations and arms faires and billions in contracts and the same [00:16:42] governments that speak about Muslim extremism as an existential threat [00:16:46] to western values are the primary supplies the regime that [00:16:49] funds the specific theological tradition, wahabism, most [00:16:53] associated with the extremism that they claim to be fighting and trying to keep away from the [00:16:57] west, so this is [00:16:58] not a paradox, [00:16:59] it is a policy, the extremism is useful, the weapon sales are [00:17:02] profitable, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is not a television [00:17:06] story in most western countries, if you want to understand [00:17:10] Islamophobia, not as a cultural accident, but as a political function, start here, [00:17:14] start with who benefits from a population that fears Islam in the abstract [00:17:18] and cannot see the arms deal in the specific, so the central [00:17:22] argument is about interests, not simply rhetoric, western governments can [00:17:25] condemn extremism while maintaining lucrative ties and deep security [00:17:29] partnerships with Saudi Arabia, which is the global sponsor of extremism, yeah, I mean [00:17:33] it's like what the west did with Syria, and finally uh [00:17:37] have a post that examined speculation uh circulating online about [00:17:41] Saudi Elites potentially leaving the kingdom amid Ansarlah strike so [00:17:45] it's also referencing alleged restrictions on information and reports [00:17:49] concerning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's security [00:17:52] arrangement so brain Mijatovik writes are [00:17:56] Saudi princes and millionaires trapped in the kingdom ameid strikes social [00:18:00] media is buzzing with unverified claims that members of Saudi's royal family [00:18:04] which is a massive group including 500 to 700 princes plus their [00:18:07] relatives are fleeing for safer clims abroad as Yemen ramps up [00:18:11] strikes and threatens to collapse key sectors the kingdom's economy. [00:18:15] US embassy in Riyadh has travel advisory in place since last week which [00:18:19] hints that something may be a missed listing exit bans and local [00:18:23] laws regarding social media activities as two reasons US nationals should [00:18:26] reconsider travel to the kingdom. yeah, I [00:18:30] mean, yeah, exit bands can target both foreigners and Saudi [00:18:34] citizens, while local social media laws threaten hefty finds. up to [00:18:37] $8000 or up to five years in prison for [00:18:41] posting footage of houti attacks or sharing claims about elites [00:18:45] leaving the country classified as spreading rumors and misinformation so [00:18:48] this means that even if some censorship also yes and it means that if [00:18:52] some royals or Saudi Arabia [00:18:55] 348,00 millionaires around that number are [00:18:59] quietly trying to leave finding out about it would require a critical [00:19:02] mass to build up outside the country before it's officially reported here is [00:19:06] one the lot direct hits in inside Saudi, so let's [00:19:10] take, [00:19:11] yes, [00:19:17] ya [00:19:17] Allah, [00:19:30] so ladies and gentlemen, from contested battlefields to contested [00:19:34] narratives, yemen reminds us that military power does not [00:19:37] always deliver strategic victory. Thank you, Simon for joining [00:19:41] us. Thank [00:19:42] you. [00:19:49] Trump's war of choice against Iran is exacting [00:19:52] devastating price on the American public, draining [00:19:56] billions and tax payer dollars, driving up fuel prices and fueling [00:19:59] inflation. While the president follows Netanyahus escalation at the [00:20:03] expenses of American households. Here are the headlines. [00:20:08] Billions burned, families squeezed. Trump's war on [00:20:11] Iran, hits American taxpayers. America [00:20:14] pays, Netanyahu gains. War spending sores [00:20:18] as inflation devours household [00:20:21] budgets. [00:20:29] Welcome back to Expose to examine how this war is draining public [00:20:32] funds and squeezing American households. We welcome senior [00:20:36] researcher. [00:20:42] let's begin with the military [00:20:44] Thank you, bill, by early september, the pentagon's estimate had [00:20:48] climbed to at least 43. 6 billion dollars [00:20:51] including 28 billion to replace expended munitions and more [00:20:55] than 4.3 billion dollars in lost or damaged equipment. [00:20:59] okay now the congressional budget office had estimated [00:21:03] $38 billion dollars through August 1 warning [00:21:07] that the conflict could cost another two to the billion dollars every [00:21:10] month and uh that is before fully [00:21:14] accounting for damage to American facilities across the region. [00:21:18] yeah while billions are being spent. a war of [00:21:21] choice, the hypocrisy is that American families are told [00:21:25] to tighten their belts and the longer Trump follows [00:21:29] Netanyahu's escalation, I think the larger the bills will become, [00:21:32] yes, and now consider the cost that the you now the petrol [00:21:36] pump, before the war began on February 28, [00:21:39] regular gasoline averaged under $3 per gallon, [00:21:43] yes, by late September it was already approaching [00:21:46] $4.50, uh, diesel climbed up of [00:21:50] $6.50 raising the cost of transporting goods across the [00:21:54] country, you know, so basically yeah, and these costs, [00:21:57] this is the thing, they don't stop just at the fuel station, it's basically like a whole domino [00:22:01] effect, because they travel through the supply chains, which raises expenses for [00:22:05] businesses, and ultimately consumers, and then families are paying more to [00:22:09] commute, goods cost more to deliver, and every dollar [00:22:13] buys less, yes, [00:22:14] very true, and according to sources, the official figures confirm the wider [00:22:18] damage, annual... as inflation reached [00:22:21] 3.7% in September up from [00:22:24] 3.4% in August, gasoline prices [00:22:27] rose uh 9.1% a single month while energy [00:22:31] prices increased 20.4% over the [00:22:35] year, so the congressional budget office also predicts [00:22:39] that the war will push inflation half a percentage [00:22:42] point higher early 2027 than previously [00:22:46] forecast and that is the price of political subservience, and [00:22:50] president pursuing a war alongside Netanyahu as we highlighted, [00:22:54] while ordinary Americans at one point absorb the consequences of [00:22:58] all this wall and the opportunity cost matters too, it's crazy [00:23:01] because these billions could have supported health care, they could have [00:23:04] support much of need - yeah, they could have supported [00:23:08] education, infrastructure, struggling households, yeah, [00:23:11] instead, instead, what do we have, we have [00:23:14] you know the US facing mounting military expenses and [00:23:18] inflationary pressure, and uncertainty over basically how much [00:23:22] more the war will demand them exactly ultimately and uh [00:23:26] tax payers here are paying twice uh through the public [00:23:29] money spent on military operations and [00:23:33] also through higher prices in their daily lives and you know the final bill [00:23:37] remains uncertain okay so Trump may promise uh [00:23:41] victory abroad but at home Americans are confronting a far [00:23:45] more immediate uh reality a costly war shrinking [00:23:49] purchasing power. and bill that keeps growing. thank [00:23:52] you. [00:24:01] from gaza stage to the war on yemen, questions are mounting [00:24:05] over Ankara and Cairons are mounting over Ankara and Cairo's [00:24:09] regional priorities and their tire a political analyst and university [00:24:13] of Tahran Professor Dr. Mohammed Marandi, a prominent voice on [00:24:17] West Asian affairs with substantial. international social media [00:24:21] foles in these conflicts, let's watch roles in these [00:24:25] conflicts, let's watch as he examines the contradictions [00:24:29] between their public rhetoric and political [00:24:32] actions. the government in [00:24:35] turkey, [00:24:36] one has to be realistic, has no animosity towards the Israeli [00:24:39] regime, they are willing [00:24:43] to help the saudis kill the besieg [00:24:47] people of Yemen, but they're not willing to help the people of... Gaza, the same is true [00:24:51] with Egypt, they they control the border of Gaza [00:24:55] and they allowed the CC president he [00:24:59] allowed the Israelies to impose [00:25:03] a starvation siege on Gaza for so long, and people across [00:25:07] the world were begging the Egyptian government [00:25:10] to open the gates to gaza, and [00:25:14] they and he refused, yet he's willing [00:25:17] to help with the... war against the people of Yemen, [00:25:21] a war that he and Erdogan and and [00:25:24] others assisted from the very [00:25:27] beginning with the Saudi genocidal attack [00:25:31] on that country in [00:25:33] 2015, these countries were all on [00:25:37] board with the assault on Yemen and they were [00:25:40] supportive the genocide in that [00:25:44] country, of course after Saudi Arabia [00:25:48] imposed the blockade. or siege on Qatar, [00:25:52] Turkia and Qatar tilted away, but until then there was [00:25:56] a a universal consensus, [00:25:59] so one shouldn't be naive them the... [00:26:02] empires - has its representatives and the [00:26:06] burden the empire is on the shoulders of those [00:26:10] allies, we saw trump say that he would like to [00:26:13] see Erdogan help with Saudi Arabia, [00:26:17] and there's no doubt that in the case of Egypt [00:26:21] there is a direct communication with the United States [00:26:25] and of course there is nothing that any these entities will do for [00:26:29] Gaza, we recall how these countries. [00:26:32] all forced uh Hamas [00:26:36] to accept an unfair cease fire and then they [00:26:40] went to Egypt their leaders and praised [00:26:43] Trump for that fake cease [00:26:45] fire. [00:26:50] Ladies and gentlemen, with that we conclude our expose for tonight right here on Press TV [00:26:54] until next week question the headline trace the swords and never st under your [00:26:58] judgment. [00:27:19] This is for Palestine. In today's show, we'll [00:27:23] be considering the impact of motion that was adopted by the Green Party of England [00:27:26] and Wales at their recent conference in Brighton which clearly stated that [00:27:30] Zionism is racism. colonialism is evil, [00:27:34] slavery is evil, settler colonialism is evil, [00:27:38] racism is evil, and therefore this [00:27:41] isinism as it's materialized in Israel [00:27:45] is racism, and therefore must be [00:27:49] conduct as an ideology. it's a very significant step, but of [00:27:53] course we need to build on it, we need to build on it, most obviously by this [00:27:57] mantal axinism as an ideology and as movement in this [00:28:00] country. [00:29:46] ranking representatives from Iran, Oman and China are discussing West [00:29:49] Asia security and stability in [00:29:52] Beijing. [00:29:57] Latest figures show that this year's midterm elections have set a new [00:30:01] record for campaign. spending a US election [00:30:04] cycle [00:30:09] and French students resume blocking schools throughout the country after [00:30:13] their return from two-week [00:30:14] holiday.